The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-04-20
Npi RIOTS VIRGINIA I.oNn>.
HHli niiliou IN the uari,ct-N
strange story,

Cial news now agitating Richmond
tonight. The history thereof Is quite
unique, and, rs usual, the ever rcstles.
I Malone Is mixed up in il. though
indirectly. The first animation of
the existence Of these spurious bonds
was conveyed in telegram to
John l.. Williams and son, the
well known brothers here, from
n Boston house whose name they
refuse TO divulgc. asking what they
would give for lot of these bonds.
This morling $4,000 worth of the
bonds were received by bankers
here. The fact that they bore the
imprint Of the Kendall Bank Note
company was in itself proof positive
that they were no account, rs the
legitimate bonds bear in imprint OF
the American Bank Note company of
New York. The spurious bonds
bear the signatures OF -. II. ltiverly.
/ treasurer, and j. \ Smith, second.
auditor The name of smith is icii
tiUus. no such person having been
auditor of Virginia. The forged
bonds received here to-day are mum
bcred from TO 1872. being Virginia
IS OF lNS2, and due 1882, interest pay
able January and July. As they are
of the $1,000 series, il is most prob
able that the amount ailoat upon the
market is Sl32,OOO, because in the
packages now III the possession of the
present board of sinking fund COM
missoners the numbers run consecu>
lively from 432 upward.
ANOTHER VIRGINIA DEBT EPISODE.
This affair adds another event to
the already singularly varied and
spicy history of Nirginia's debt agi-
tation, which has already had its ducls
and murders, and has even drawn
women into its discussion. About
T lssl when Malone WIS in entire pos
session Of Virginia aud had "A majority
Of the legislature, advertisements for
bids for engraving the new Riddle
/ berger bonds were published. Among
the bidders were the American Bank
Note company, of New York. The
.attCr company put IN the lowest bid,
rhe contract was then awarded tu the
Kendall company. AS soon IS this
was done Senator Malone hurried
here from Washington, and
Insisted that the CON.
tract should be awarded the Amer
ican Bank Note company. He claimed
that the Kendall company was not
reliable. and that their work had never
been admitted on the New York
stock exchange. lhc board OF sink
irg fund commissioners which had
awarded the contract WAS rccouvcncd.
hi, board was composed OF First
Auditor Brown n len. second Aud
itor II. II. Dyson. Treasurer -. H.
Beverly and Attorney General Frank
Blair. all Malone men. Tho board
accordingly rescindcd the ,ction aud
awarded the contract To the Amer
lean Bank Note company. MIR. Dyson
Kicking TO such m extent that he
and Auditor Allen had street
rcncontrc. in which Dyson was pain
fully in urcd. The kcndal's III the
meantime had gone TO work and
made their plates aud at once insti-
tu;ed suit against Virginia for 100000.
the amount Of their bid. They COM
picted the job, which Wa to DC done
in u specified time. rhe bonds were
to bear the hkues, of Malone.
a FURTHER OBSTACLE.
Just a. the bonds were nearly com
plcted, Malone. wishing to throw
still further obstacle in the
the way of the Kendall company
securing the contract in case of the
failure OF his plea on account Of their
non-admittance on the New York
Stock Exchange, autographed posi-
lively forbidding the use of his like
moss on the bonds. The likeness of
senator liiddlcberger was then hast
NY substituted. and this delay caused
some OF the bonds to be DELAYED in
reaching Richmond at the specified
time. The American Bank Note COM
pnny, under the new oidcr of the
Nlnking Fund board, then engraved
the bonds, which nre now the Mutheu.
tic bonds. 1t was freely charged AT
the time that Mahoue's advocacy of
the American Bank Note company was
based on their contribution to his
campaign funds. All the courts in Nir.
GINA have since decided that the
Kendall Company's claim OF $4,000 is
good ana must be paid. Now, as to
the way that spurious bonds have
been noatcd 1t seems that the Ken
dali Bank Note company sent one
package of bonds here on the ff
tecnth OF July, 1882, and they arrived
here on the l7th; that the board of
Sinking Fund Commissioners of
Virginia rcScinded the contract with
the Kendall company on the 22d and
shipped the bonds back to New York. |
refusing 10 accept them, ON the part
of the state. Counsel OF the Kendall
company telegraphed, advising them
not TO receive the package of bonds F.
which had been returned to them.
now THEY WERE OBTAINED.
1t supposed that from this pack. |
age the bonds were, taken and after
wards forged, as the package was
sold by the express company as an un.
claimed package, The purchaser
finding out the contents Of the bundle |
made use of it, the result of which |
use on his part Is now apparent. The .
present board of sinking fund com.
asCcrtaiuiuV i'm 1874 that